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For this HR “vigilante,” the C-suite was a stop, not the destination

HR Brew

A staffing firm helped place her at McKinsey & Company in 2000, where she got her start in HR. You’ve got a bunch of overachievers who might have been the top in their class wherever they were before, but then you throw them into the mix [at McKinsey], and they’re all the same,” she said, adding, “It was just exciting.

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Microsoft cuts some of its DE&I staff

HR Brew

“True systems change work associated with DEI programs everywhere are no longer business critical or smart as they were in 2020,” they wrote, before arguing that all corporate DE&I initiatives are at risk due to conservative political agendas, IGN reported. Microsoft would not disclose how many employees were impacted by the layoffs. “As

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Employee loyalty ain’t dead: How the HR leader for Cisco’s sales org climbed the telecom giant’s ranks

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years in 2014, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But Sara Morales, an SVP and people partner of sales & marketing, country, and employee relations at Cisco, has been at the telecommunications tech company for the majority of her career. What’s the best change you’ve made at a place you’ve worked?

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Paramount is ahead of the curve on Eldercare

HR Brew

In 2010, only 3% of employers provided any kind of subsidized eldercare benefits, according to a 2014 survey by SHRM. We really look at and listen to the feedback that we get from employees, and we were hearing a lot about the struggles with eldercare,” said Martin. So you really [have to] look at it from different ways.”

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5 Culture Trends for 2019

As we approach 2019, major shifts in the work environment will continue to affect the ways companies do business. Companies that are looking to attract, engage, and retain top talent should leverage these trends to create workplaces where employees thrive.

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The Value of HR Analytics: Why Every Company Should Be A Quantified Organization

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In 2014, the average manager usage for all survey respondents was 20% — QO’s had an outstanding average of 74% of their managers directly accessing business intelligence and analytics to support their decision making. Organizations were scored on a five-point scale, with QO’s scoring 3.2 Manager Access to Analytics. Metrics Categories.

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A good internal comms strategy is crucial to employee engagement and retention—but employers aren’t getting it right

HR Brew

And this doesn’t just apply to George coming clean to Martha about what really happened at last year’s endodontist conference in Pasadena—it goes for companies and their employees, too. That said, some companies are doing a poor job at employee comms, a new study from USC Annenberg and Staffbase, an employee communications platform, suggests.